Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that the expulsion of immigrants from Pakistan is Islamabad’s way of humiliating Kabul. Amir Khan Muttaqi said despite Kabul having shared its concerns about the forced deportation of migrants with military leaders and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, no action to suspend the […]

Nine Islamist militants attacked an air force training base in the central Pakistani area of Mianwali on Saturday damaging three “non-operational” aircraft, the military said, adding that all assailants had been killed by security forces. Three militants were killed before they entered the base while the others had been cornered before the clearance operation began, the military said in a […]

Heavily armed insurgents ambushed a military convoy in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province Friday, killing at least 14 soldiers. The attack, one of the deadliest in recent years, occurred in the district of Gwadar, where China runs a deep-water Arabian Sea port. The Pakistani military’s media wing confirmed the incident, saying “perpetrators of this heinous act will be hunted down and […]

While condemning the forced expulsion of refugees and their mistreatment by Pakistan, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, on Monday warned the country of strong reaction and said that Afghanistan now has a strong army. Speaking at a conference on economic development in Kabul, Stanikzai said that Pakistan’s expulsion of refugees is cruel and a unilateral […]

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says since the start of the forced deportation of Afghan immigrants in Pakistan, about 150,000 migrants have returned home. Mujahid said that the IEA is prepared to deal with the problems of returnees and that their issues are now being addressed on a daily basis. He added that the provision of services for immigrants […]

The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has unleashed a reign of terror on the people of Pakistan, particularly in the Pashtun regions. Its actions have not only tarnished the image of Pashtun society but have also threatened its culture and traditions. The TTP is not a representative of Pashtun tribal society, as it often claims, but […]

“We came with such difficulty… We would not leave on our own. If we could survive in Afghanistan then why would we flee?” Ashok Ullah sold all his family’s belongings to be able to afford the journey to Torkham border. The 35-year-old from Jalalabad city in Afghanistan is one of the hundreds of thousands “unauthorized” Afghan refugees who have been […]

On October 19, 2023, three Army personnel were killed in the North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On October 8, 2023, two Army personnel, including Major Syed Ali Raza Shah, were killed in the Sambaza area of Zhob District in Balochistan. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed the attack. On October 4, 2023, two Security Force (SF) personnel were killed and […]

Pakistan’s three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif heads back home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile in London, seeking to wrestle back support for his party three months ahead of a general election. Sharif’s return comes as his main rival, Imran Khan, is in jail, but the cricketer-turned-politician remains popular across Pakistan following his ouster from premiership in 2022, […]

The United States “strongly” encouraged Afghanistan’s neighbors, including Pakistan, to allow entry for Afghans seeking protection and urged them to uphold obligations in treatment of refugees, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. Pakistan has set a Nov. 1 deadline for all illegal immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghans, to leave the country or face forcible expulsion. Some 1.73 […]